Settlement
You are a painter/decorator, you make an estimate that a job will come to 7000, the job eventually comes to 9500, you send the bill to your customer. As you expected they question this bill, and you suggest a negotiation.
You know if you go to court with this you are likely to be awarded around 8250, you also know both you and your customer will pay 500 each in costs, your customer has made an initial offer of 7700. Questions - What amount do you aim for in negotiations? What is the minimum you will accept to avoid going to court?
Regards Mack
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